Washing-machine.



B. J. REID.

WASHING MAGHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 24,' 1912.

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B. J. REID.

WASHING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 24, 1912.

Patented Oct. 7, 1913.

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BYNUM J. REID, OF MILAN, GEORGIA.

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Toall whom it may concern:

.. Be it known that I, BYNUM J. REID, a

a combined clot-hes washing and scrubbing machine and has particular reference to certain new and useful improvements in machines of this type, wherein a rotatable drum orcylinder for holding the clothes is disposed withinan outer stationary shell, containing the soapy water or other cleansing liquid.

An important object of the invention is to provide a machine of the above mentioned character, so constructed that the clothes or the like to be washed are subjected to very great agitation in the pres ence of the cleansing liquid, without undue scrubbing action or rubbing of the clothes with the different parts of the machine, whereby the clothes are thoroughly cleansed and washed within a comparatively short time without undue wear upon the same.

A further object of the invention is to provide novel means to cause strong currents of the cleansing liquid to passthrough the clothes to thoroughly wash the same.

A further object of the invention is to provide a: machine of the above mentioned character, having novel means to retain the rotatable drum or cylinder within the outer shell and adapted to be operated to allow of the quick and easy removal of the same.

A further object of the invention is to provide novel means attached to the outer shell of the machine in the form of a stationary scrubbing board, whereby a single piece of work may be scrubbed by hand if by chance the same should have passed through the machine in operation without being properly washed.

A further object of the invention is to provide a machine of the above mentioned character, which will save both time and labor in its operation.

A further object of the inventionis to provide a machine of the above mentioned character, which is simple 1n construction,

strong, durable, and: cheap to manufacture.

Other objects and advantages of the in- Specification of Letters-Patent.

' Application filed June 24, 1912.

Patented Oct. 7, 1913. Serial No. 705,550.

vention will be apparent during the course of the following description.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification and in which like numerals are employed to designate like parts throughout the same, Figure l is a plan view of the machine with the cover removed, Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical sectional view taken on line 22 of Fig. 1 and looking in the direction of the arrows, Fig. 3 is a similar view taken on line 38 of Fig. l and looking in the direction of the arrows, Fig. 4: is a detail section taken on line H of Fig. 3, Fig. 5 is a perspective view of one of the large slats included in the drum, Fig. 6 is a fragmentary perspec tive view of one of the small slats included in the same, and, Fig. 7 is a similar view of the pivoted locking lever serving to hold the driving and driven pinions in gear.

In the drawings wherein for the purpose of illustration, I have shown a preferred embodiment of my invention, the numeral 1 designates end pieces included in the outer stationary shell, containing the soapy water or other cleansing liquid. Rigidly connected with these end pieces are depending legs 2, which support the entire device. The stationary outer shell further comprises longitudinal side strips 3' and 4, which are pref erably formed of wood, disposed between the end pieces 1 and rigidly connected therewith. The stationary outer shell has its bottom wall formed of a section of sheetmetal 5, which is preferably curved in cross sect-ion, as shown, and attached to the longitudinal strips 3 and at. Attention is called to the fact that the forward longitudinal strip 4 is inclined outwardly and is provided upon its inner surface with ribs or corrugations 6, whereby this strip may be used as a scrubbing board. The soapy water is discharged from the outer stationary shell through a stop-cock 7, connected with the sheet-metal 5 between the ends thereof. The outer stationary shell is normally closed by a swinging lid 8, connected with the strip 3 by hinges 9- and attached to the strip 4 by a suitable form of latch 10.

Rotatably mounted within the outer stationary shell and preferably concentrically with relation tothe section 5 of sheet-metal is a drum or cylinder comprising circular ends or head 11, which are rigidly connected by small and large slats 12 and 13. These slats form the periphery of the drum. The small slats 12 are substantially triangular in cross-section and are provided at their ends with extensions or tongues 14, which are flush with the outer surface of the same and are placed upon the periphery of the circular ends 11. The large slats 13 are also substantially triangular in cross-section and are provided at their ends with extensions or tongues 15, disposed midway between the outer surfaces and apices of the same, as shown. These tongues 15 are also disposed upon the periphery of the circular heads or ends 11. The small and large slats 12 and 13 are rigidly attached to the heads 11 by means of nails 16 or the like, which pass through the extensions or tongues 14 and 15 and metal bands 17. The small slats 12 are arranged in sets, each set being formed of any suitable number of the same. Between these sets of small slats are disposed the large slats 13. I have shown four large slats 13, arranged as shown. I-have found that this number and arrangement of the large slats with relation to the sets ,of small slats is particularly advantageous in operation, yet I do not wish to solely restrict myself to this specific arrangement as I have found that satisfactory results are obtainable by increasing or decreasing the number of large slats and correspondingly changing their arrangement. The spaces 18 occurring between the large slats 13 and the sets of small slats 12 are larger than the space 19 occur-- ring between the small slats in said sets. Attention is called to the fact that the large surfaces of the small and large slats 12 and 13 are arranged outermost. The large slats 13 extend outwardly for a considerable distance beyond the small slats. The purpose of this arrangement is to provide shoulders 20, which engage the soapy water contained in the stationary shell and force the same into the rotatable drum in strong streams. It is obvious that this stream of water passes into the rotatable drum adjacent the shoulder 20 and discharges from the same through the opening 18 adjacent the shoulder 21. A constant circulation or stream of water is thus maintained about the large slat 13 as the same is quickly moved through the water. Extending longitudinally within the rotatable drum are rods 22 and 22, corresponding in number to the large slats 13. These rods are disposed inwardly of and suitably spaced from the large slats and rigidly attached to the heads or ends 11. The rods 22 form large spaces 23 between them and the large slats 13 and the rod 22 is further removed from the slat 13 to form a much larger space 25. The purpose of this arrangement is to enable this slat when the clothes come in contact with it to take them to the top of the cylinder before allowing 25 is much larger than the other openings 23, 'e a suflicient portion of the clothes may pass into this large op'ening'so that the clothes are held to the rod 22 until this rod has reached its uppermost position, when the clothes will free themselves by gravity and drop to the bottom of the cylinder or 'dri1m.

The rotatable cylinder or drum is provided with an opening, preferably occurring between two of the large slats 13', such opening being normally closed by a lid forming in effect a continuation of the peripheryof the cylinder or drum. This lid includes small slats 26, which are triangular in cross-section and similar to the smallslats 12. ..The small. slats '26 are carried by "segments 27 upon which they are rigidly mounted, the same being attached thereto by nails 28 or the like passing through metal bands.29.. At corresponding ends, the segments 27 carry reduced extensions 30, which engage below one of the small slats 12, as shown in Fig. 2, thus I forming a detachable lunged connection be tween the swingmg lid .and the rotatable.

drum or cylinder. This lid is normally held closed by thumb nuts 31, as shown.

' Rigidly mounted upon one of the heads or ends 11 is a disk 32 carrying a trunnion 33, which is rotatably and vertically removably mounted within a U-shaped bearing 34, which is rigidly attached to the inner face of one of the end pieces 1. Rigidly mounted upon the opposite head or end 11 is a pinion 35, carrying a trunnion 36, which is removably mounted within a bearing 37, such bear: ing passing through an opening in the end piece 1 and being integral with a bracket 38 rigidly attached to the outer surface of the end piece 1.' A guide 39 is disposed near the bearing 37 and serves to conduct the trunnion 36 into the same. The upper end of the bracket 38 is in the form of a bearing 40, through which is rotatably mounted a longitudinally movable shaft 41. This shaft has a pinion 42 rigidly attached to its in nor end and adapted to be moved into and out of engagement with the pinion 35. The pinion 42 carries an outwardly extending sleeve 43, as shown. Pivotally' mounted upon the inner surface of the end piece 1, as shown at 44, is a locking lever 45, having a hooked end 46, adapted to engage the shaft 41 between the sleeve 43 and the end piece 1. It is thus seen that when the hooked end 7 46 is in engagement with the shaft 41, such shaft cannot be moved longitudinally to disengage pinions 35 and 42. hen the lever 45 is swung to bring the hooked end 46 out of engagement with this shaft 41, said shaft may then be moved longitudinally to disen- 35, whereby said pinion 35 and the rotatable within the rotatable drum or cylinder, which is disposed within the outer stationary shell containing soapy water or other cleansing liquid. The Wheel 47 is now rotated, which rotation is imparted through the medium of pinions 42 and 35 tothedrum orcylinder. This drum or cylinder may preferably be rotated in'the direction, as indicated by the arrow in Fig. 2. As the drum rotates through the soapy water, a stream or current of said soapy water is created by each of the large slats 13 passing therethrough.

This stream or current is indicated by the arrows, the same entering the cylinder or drum at the shoulder 20 and discharging from the same at the shoulder 21. The clothes are caught by the rods 22 and held in spaced relation to the large slats 13 so as not to close the openings 23, whereby the stream or current of soapy water is passed through the clothes to thoroughly cleanse or wash them. It is obvious that the rod 22 will carry the clothes upwardly for a considerable distance and subsequently drop them when they are again engaged by the next rod 22. hen the clothes are en gaged by the rod 22 which is arranged farthest from its large slat to provide the opening 25, such clothes arecarried thereby to the top of the drum or cylinder before they are dropped. In addition to the action of the currents or streams of the soapy water upon the clothes, it is obvious that they also receive a proper scrubbing action by engagement with the smaller slats 12. After the operation has been carried on a suitable length of time, the swinging lid including slats 26 is removed and the clothes taken out of the rotatable cylinder or drum. If it should be found that any of the articles after being washed have a soiled spot thereon, such article may be properly cleansed by the operator scrubbing the same upon the corrugated surface of the strip 4. In this way a single article may be quickly cleansed without having to run the same through the machine again.

It is to be understood that the form of my invention herewith shown and described is to be taken as a preferred example of the same, and that certain changesin the shape,

size, and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invent-ion or the scope of the subjoined claim.

Having thus described my invention, I claim In a machine of the character described, a stationary outer shell, a rotatable drum disposed therein and having its periphery formed of spaced large and small slats which are substantially V-shaped in cross-section, the slats being arranged with their apexes disposed innermost and the bases of the large slats extending beyond the bases of the small slats to provide means to force currents of water through the drum, such currents entering the drum adjacent the leading edges of the large slats and discharging therefrom adjacent the trailing edges, and rods extending longitudinally within the drum and disposed relatively near and spaced from the apeXes of the large slats, the drum having its central portion entirely open and free from any obstruction, whereby the clothes held by the rods in spaced relation from the large slats are free to fall from said rods when they are rotated upwardly sufficiently.

In testimony whereof I affiX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

BYNUM J. REID.

WVitnesses:

L. P. RAWLINS, l/V. H. STUDs'rILL.

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